Pineville's Huey P. Long to see 10 percent Medicaid cut

1:08 PM,
Dec. 16, 2012

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BATON ROUGE -- As they struggle to deal with budget cuts imposed in June, Louisiana State University's hospitals in Central and North Louisiana now must implement a $10 million midyear state-imposed cut in Medicaid funding.

In announcing new budget cuts Friday to cover a state budget shortfall, Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein said the three hospitals under LSU Health Shreveport's governance, including Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville, will sustain a 10 percent reduction in Medicaid funding under the Disproportionate Share program. That federal ...